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這廝沒用
This One Is No Use
自將八戒拿入裡邊道：「哥哥，我拿了一個來也。」老怪道：「拿來我看。」他把鼻子放鬆，捽下八戒道：「這不是？」老怪道：「這廝沒用。」八戒聞言道：「大王，沒用的放出去，尋那有用的捉來罷。」自将八戒拿入里边道：「哥哥，我拿了一个来也。」老怪道：「拿来我看。」他把鼻子放松，捽下八戒道：「这不是？」老怪道：「这厮没用。」八戒闻言道：「大王，没用的放出去，寻那有用的捉来罢。」
逐句解 Line by line
自將八戒拿入裡邊道：「哥哥，我拿了一個來也。」
自将八戒拿入里边道：「哥哥，我拿了一个来也。」
He carried Bajie in himself and said: "Elder brother, I have taken one."
自將 — himself took. The second fiend is claiming the credit in the verb.
老怪道：「拿來我看。」
老怪道：「拿来我看。」
The old fiend said: "Bring him here and let me see."
拿來我看 — four characters, entirely flat. He is not impressed.
他把鼻子放鬆，捽下八戒道：「這不是？」
他把鼻子放松，捽下八戒道：「这不是？」
He loosened his trunk, dropped Bajie down, and said: "Is this not he?"
捽下 — to shake down, to drop something being carried. 把 reads bǎ, the object put before the verb.
老怪道：「這廝沒用。」
老怪道：「这厮没用。」
The old fiend said: "This one is no use."
廝 — fellow, and always contemptuous.
八戒聞言道：「大王，沒用的放出去，尋那有用的捉來罷。」
八戒闻言道：「大王，没用的放出去，寻那有用的捉来罢。」
Bajie heard it and said: "Great King, if the useless ones are let go, then send for a useful one and catch him instead."
罷 keeps bà at the close of the sentence.
總評 Commentary
The old fiend has been hauled through the sky on a rope, dropped into a pit and made to beg, and he now looks at the prize his brother has brought home and says four characters of pure dismissal. This one is no use. It is the first thing he has got right all chapter.
Bajie's reply is the best joke he has been given and it is entirely in character. He hears himself declared worthless and immediately tries to turn the verdict into a release policy: if the useless are freed, free me and go and get somebody good. He is not offended. He sees an opening.
It is also a small piece of self-knowledge. Bajie does not dispute the assessment for a moment, because he has heard it many times and largely agrees. What he objects to is the inconsistency of being called useless and kept anyway, which is a complaint many people will recognise from working life.